In loving memory of Marcheline Betrand (1950 - 2007) . Some of her family and friends have joined together to remember her in their own words. If you are a family member, a friend, or just someone who like us wants to keep memories of Marcheline alive, Please feel free to post your comments here.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Gathering To Remember Marcheline

Saturday September 1, 2007 - Roxbury Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, California. Family and friends gather to pay tribute to Marcheline. In attendance were sister Debbie Martin with husband Ron and son Corey. Also paying their respects were brother Rolland Bertrand with son Francis, Jon Voight, John Trudell, Lauren Taines, Belinia Beatty, Jade Dixon with daughter Barbie, Cis Rundele, and Bill Day.

Jon Voight arrived with a rose bush at a spot not far from where Marcheline lived for many years. The group planted the rose bush, then held hands in a circle and spoke about Marcheline for close to 1 hour. Marcheline's sister Debbie also presented a beautiful homemade quilt that was embroidered with family photos. Marcheline passed away nearly eight months prior to this gathering, but the sense of loss and sorrow was still felt strongly by her loving family and friends.

6 comments:

marie miles
said...

how beautiful! i'm sure that rose bush will never die-just as our love for marcheline. i wish i could have been there to hold hands and share the warm thoughts.my love to you all!marie miles-marcheline's god-daughter

I hope this isn't seen as distrespectufl for asking. But what was Jon Voight's purpose for going to this event? He recently accused Ms. Bertrand of turning his kids against him. As family members does this seem insulting to her memory? To come to her memorial and then seemingly attack her job as a mother?

About Marcheline

From Wikipedia.com -
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Marcheline was very close to her sister Debbie and Brother Raleigh. In 1966 the family moved to L.A.. Bertrand married actor Jon Voight on December 12, 1971. The couple had two children, actress Angelina Jolie and director James Haven.
Bertrand and Voight separated in 1976 and divorced in 1978. In 1978, Bertrand met documentary filmmaker Bill Day. Day and Bertrand were together for 12 years.
After her split from Day in 1993, Bertand turned her attention toward producing. She was the executive producer of a documentary, Trudell, about Native American activist John Trudell.
Towards the end of her life, Bertrand preferred to keep a low profile and did not grant interviews. She died January 27, 2007 from ovarian cancer in Los Angeles.